Monday, April 23, 2012

All across his lower spine is an image of Yankee Stadium. Framing it all together is the only vibrant color in the scene—big red stitches that run from his elbows to his armpits and down the sides of his torso.

“Believe it or not, I hate the Yankees,” McWain quipped. “But the original Yankee Stadium is so much a part of the history of baseball, I had to include it.”

Though his wife, Marcy, loves the art work, there are times she finds it a bit disturbing, McWain said.

“Sometimes when we’re in bed I roll over on my side with my back to her with Ty Cobb’s portrait staring right at her, and I think it kind of creeps her out,” McWain said. “That’s how realistic Jesse made those portraits.”

Reader Comments and Retorts

Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.

A girl walks into a tattoo shop and asks for a tattoo of Elvis on the inside of her left thigh. The artist said, “Elvis is my specialty, c-mon in and have a seat!”

As he finishes, she takes a look and says, “THAT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ELVIS!”

He replies, “That is the best Elvis I have ever done.”

She disagrees. So he offers to do a mirror image on the other leg — so he gives her one on the inside of the other leg, perfect mirror image.
She says, “That looks better, but it don’t look like Elvis either.”

So he tells her to go out on the street, and if she finds ONE person that does not think the tattoos look like Elvis, then it’s on the house. Well…the first person she finds is an old wino. She pulls up her skirt and says, “Who do you think this is?”

He squints and stammers, “I don’t know who the twins are, but the one in the middle looks just like Willie Nelson.”